Đàn tứ

Modern Đàn tứ with rectangular body and longer neck

The đàn tứ (tứ meaning "four" in Sino-Vietnamese, referring to the instrument's number of strings), also called đàn đoản (đoản meaning "short," referring to the instrument's neck), is a traditional Vietnamese stringed musical instrument, a moon-shaped lute with a short neck, similar to the Chinese yueqin. It is little used today.^[1]^[2]

A different instrument with the same name, which is similar to the Chinese zhongruan, is used in Vietnam's tradition of nhạc dân tộc cải biên. About 1960s, Vietnamese musician improved đàn tứ's ability to play Western-style music by creating a rectangular body with longer strings designed for Western Diatonic scale. It now becomes much more popular than the traditional version.

References

↑ ATLAS of Plucked Instruments
↑ "Instruments". Lac Hong. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments

Percussion	Cảnh Chũm chọe Đàn đá Đàn môi K'lông pút Mõ Phách Sênh tiền Song loan T'rưng Trống cái Trống chầu Trống cơm Trống đồng

Strings	Bro Đàn bầu Đàn đáy Đàn đoản Đàn gáo Đàn hồ Đàn nguyệt Đàn nhị Đàn sến Đàn tam Đàn tính Đàn tranh Đàn tỳ bà Guitar phím lõm K'ni

Wind	Đing năm Kèn bầu Sáo

Other	Cồng Đàn tam thập lục

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